Mark Sanagan

Lightning Through the Clouds: ?Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam and the Making of the Modern Middle East

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first English-language book-length biography of 'Izz al-Din al-Qassam, sometimes seen as a "Che Guevara of the Middle East"; understanding him is a key to understanding the region, particularly Palestinian nationalism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Univ of Chicago Behalf of University of Texas
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 152mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781477320563
• ISBN-10: 1477320563
• Artikelnr.: 58018862

Autorenporträt

By Mark Sanagan

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
List of Abbreviations
Note on Transliterations
Maps
Prologue
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Guide
Chapter 2. The City of a Thousand Minarets
Chapter 3. The Soldier Shaykh
Chapter 4. Exile to Haifa
Chapter 5. Workers and Villagers
Chapter 6. The Tip of the Thread
Chapter 7. Nahalal, 1932
Chapter 8. With the Qur¿an as a Passport
Chapter 9. Memorial
Conclusion
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Appendix. Ikhwan al-Qassam
A Note on Sources
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index